Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 e771492673cb0911…

MALICIOUS

PDF

82.6 KB Created: 2021-09-11 20:50:56 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-10-27
MD5: e1614d8f65bd3374cc7d45fa6d0fd0d4 SHA-1: aaddd0cf957f6775cb88780783c742d399551d19 SHA-256: e771492673cb0911c9aa15f1edaa8b985a5d41d732b6702b675accb09dc1638f
196 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment T1055.012 Process Injection T1204.002 Malicious Link

The PDF contains multiple links pointing to compromised websites and disposable hosting, indicating a link farm designed to obscure the ultimate destination. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection strongly suggest malicious intent, likely for phishing or distributing further malware. The presence of numerous external URIs and the PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK heuristic confirm the redirection mechanism.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9911

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link to algorithmically-generated URL high PDF_RANDOM_URL_LINK
    PDF contains a clickable HTTP(S) link whose host looks algorithmically generated (pronounceable-random labels) and whose path/query carries a long high-entropy token. This is the randomized-redirector pattern of malspam phishing lures — the visible document is only a prompt — not a PDF parser vulnerability.
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://vwb.mrv-educationservices.com/content_file/files/tesavazukused.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://millionsdiscount.com/mo_images/files/89115039760.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://elenasteele.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16134932360e5d---10902068597.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fainitelecommunication.com/public/editorfiles/file/17508695717.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://signexpowholesale.com/project-new/christianbook/upload_images/file/sobanunepop.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kemxoi.vn/app/webroot/files/images/pages/files/duxazapamaterebogoxi.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oipipleszno.pl/userfiles/file/mefefamejatogaxivarir.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://appextskihjthj.handysociality.com/upload/files/witewolotezisebone.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://araprinter.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/wexujanozedoxixa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.dnevi-sekretarjev.eu/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612fba514c45b---xutaxuzogeropifefigibe.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://fibra-optica.ro/ckfinder/userfiles/files/boxapa.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://unicaconsultoriarh.com/images/files/warogof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://oris-am.com/editor_up/32534038330.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://carraracucinecomponibilitrapani.it/userfiles/files/bazajofobuzegemizeged.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://pmdrecycling.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/161366acf4828b---tefagik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tpk-m.ru/files/file/7529796589.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://webgirls-studio.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1612f81b518367---26867289146.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://shukokai-voves.fr/userfiles/file/duvuxobupunun.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://locktactyuma.com/ckfinder/userfiles/files/zofabenisod.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://vibangthuaphatlai.net/uploads/files/rapiwosanakavevakoxakof.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://architettipassarinmarzotto.com/userfiles/files/ziwokeva.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://eng.sut.ac.th/tce/2016/administrator/ckfinder/userfiles/files/juladulusexezekoduvuxo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://centromedicoveterinarioadda.com/userfiles/files/25288774046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tainandentist.com/uploads/files/202109051944418071.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://kuwaited.com/cote_dor_import/admin/ckfinder/userfiles/files/85965919513.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://parklanehotel.asia/userfiles/file/27798602401.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kingdom.vn/userfiles/file/rukovozapesokilexepik.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/zMnd8XtcwSM/uplcv?utm_term=things+with+letter+a+at+homePDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dd7b.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDD7B 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0000f592.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xF592 10604 bytes
SHA-256: 93035adb4f2c05c203c8b2d01c9db0ea5ec88de0957cd3a2920bc1db9e8e1578
font_02_sfnt_off00010daa.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10DAA 17904 bytes
SHA-256: d683dfeb03c1a246a562b01bcfaa2a87b43f3e35b22448af39490e189c1a54f6